Hat fastener



R. LIPTON June 2s, 193.8.

HAT FASTENER Filed Nov. 22, 1957 INVENTOR 05V a/V ATTORNEVS @new l l 5h cl1in;stra1:s.v ,i f y f Hat retaining d V vices inthe form ofchinstrapsv y applied to and: removed.' from; the lhat Ibys` 'airela" tivelyisimple operationlbutrwill not befsubje'ctto Patented Junev 28, '1938 o 2,121,973y l' l, 'FASTENR v flltub'y Lipton, New York, N. Y. {ApplicationNoteiber 22, 1937; serial No. narcosy 1, j" claims (01.' 132-58) ".Uhis/invention relates Ytchat retaining, devices and'more; particularly to `retaining devices, which areadapted to,y engage thechin .org thehair of the wearerrand :may be generally; included in `the term voff elastic ,materiak have heretoforef,beenjpro,

posed, particularly for fY use l in childrens headthe hat by sewing. .i Howevergzoncethe elastic inthef'strapgbecomes exhausted, zthesewing must bex'removed and another zstrapfsewn, in; itsplace y which is' a1 laborious4 and unsatisfactory:practice. It' has l also; .been proposed Ato Yprovide pinsnon the endif of. the.: strap f, which may be' .insertedlthroughv ther-*band of-thejhat' or the hat;itseliibumthese. are. 'subjectto thefdu'al diiculty that no means toA reta-in the pins in:` the band have `been provided andfthat-Ithere is dangerthat: thepiniwill stick the head of the wearer. Thislastfconsideration is of particular importanoe in children-s hats wherein: most chin straps-ivarenused. rIt isi an object 'ofi this .invention tojprovidesaf chin` strap ,preferablyfofa elastic. material, which may beadijustable inl length,l anda which mayjnbe the possibility,l of becomingfremoved "fro'ml the hatsinadvertently; i A

:f'It isanother/object of th'issinventionto .provide acchin; strap ofv relatively vwide a elastic fabric material having an z, adjustable' slide kwhich l will` per-l mitk adjustment' of the length of thei''strapl and1I kl'iaving secured' to each'end thereof .'a loopu ofi which issecuredxl avneedle which is adaptedf'to beV locked thereto in permanentY adjustment.; l I Inithe drawingwhich isoffered for purposesfof` thereto;

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chin stra-p; f and`v Fig, 4 isa pian yvrevvfffanonimi'optional of'a chin strap. ,v

In Fig. 1f is shown a hat comprisingacrownfl,V brim 2, and inner -or sweat band 3, which maybe of any suitable material, fabric, leatheryor the i l means for attaching the strap to the band of the ghat comprises a cord 30 similar to that shown at in Fig. 2 having at one end thereof a needle `37| like. The chin strap 4 is secured to this band by 55 the strap, through the band.

wear: These'devicesyare 'customarilyl'secured to lnarrow material, which may be` el'astic,. and to."

hat 'snows Figsz is a plain viewerthelchihstrapfof this inserting the needles 5, locatedat eachend of l Whilegany suitable needle havinga comparable w self-locking provision-'maybe used, I prefer to use aneedleformed of sheet metal comprising a body -portion 6'which is adapted to encircle'and yclamp the end'of' a cord' 1 and hold it in binding relationi- The body rportion has at :one end va point 8 which is adapted to berinserted through the`;band andi at the other'end achannel-shaped tail portionSwhichjcan receive the cord 1,' but whichg'may be swungl vaway from. it afterthe needle hasbeen inserted throughthe bandz3 and act as alocking means vas shown inFg; l. When the needle is-in this position, there is lno opportunity for itto become dislodgedfinadvertently,`

Vandthe. possibility of its'stckingithe head of the wearer isvexc'eedingly small- "Iheeo-rd 'maybe of l:elasticor1 anyfsuitable material.v It'isneces'- sary,t`however, that this co'rd be considerably smaller in size thanthe actualfchn strap'elastic f head. of they wearer when: insertedz through f the band-of the hat: Furthermore, if the cordl'were 1 used asi the entire ch'infstr'ap ratherthanasthe connectortothe relativelyibroad. strap |50, the

wearer would experience 'considerable' fdiscomw.` fort *asl thenarrow cord 1 'would tend to cutsand bind the chin or' head ofthe wearer.'"

f` In the embodimentI ofthe inventioni'shown in Fig.-2, thecord 'I suitably engages 1va loopf 25` at anend offthestrap I Il4 and' may be boundv againstv itself'by a small metal ror other suitable binder l I. The` device"4 of `myfinvention provides." an easily Vremovabley hat retaining means so that when the4 elastic 'I0 becomes exhausted, the strap maybe removed and'discardedanda new one applied.r H owevenin order'to lengthen' the useful` life of the4 chin strap so 'that it will not be necessary to, discardv it 'after av very slight exhaustion of the "elastic, I preferito use an adjustable slide -fastener l2 to which maybe attached oneend of theV strap'lIlJ `'and which may be adapted to move v onthestrap I0" to Vary the ler'igthV thereof. The

use 'of i this device will lengthen the useful life, of,` the chin strapl'consderably as when la slight exhaustion 0f the strap I0 occurst-he aduster I2 f maybe moved to a` position which will shorten the Vchin strap and thus enable `the wearer` to` 'the chin strap of this invention in which the of the type shown in Fig. 2 and at the other end a small stop device |9 having an engaging portion 20 which encircles and holds the cord 3|) and a channel-shaped portion 2| which is adapted to receive the cord but which may be moved away from the cord and act as a locking device in similar manner to that of the portion 9 of the needle 5.

In applying this optional construction to the hat band, the cord 30 together with the needle 3| and stop device I9 is withdrawn from the loop 25 of the elastic band and the needle 3| is then passed through the hat band from the inside of the band, or in other words, from the space be-V tween the band and the body portion of the hat through the band. The needle is then gripped and the cord is drawn through the opening formed by the needle until it is stopped by the stop device I9 which prevents the cord from being drawn all the way through the band, the stop device thereby being caught on the inside of the hat band. The needle is then inserted and drawn through the loop 25 on the end of the chin strap lll so that the cord 30 engages the loop 25 in the manner shown. The needle 3| is then pushed through the band in the opposite direction, namely to the inner face of the band. After the needle is drawn through in this manner, it is straightened out so that it locks itself in the manner shown in Fig. l and as described hereinabove.

This construction has the advantage that the chin strap proper l may be removed from the hat when the elastic therein is completely exhausted and another elastic be inserted in its place without the necessity of entirely removing the holding devices which Yconnect the elastic strap to the hat itself. All that would be necessary would be to reinsert the pin 3| through the band of the hat and withdraw it fromthe loop 25 on the strap lll and apply a new elastic strap.

In Fig. 4 is shown -another optional embodiment of my invention which is similar in parts of the construction to Fig. 2 in that it has needles 5 and holding cords 'l which are turned back against themselves and bound by binders lIn this construction, however, `a small ring of metal or other rigid material engages the loop caused by the doubling back of the cord 1 and the stitched loop 25 onY the end of the' elastic cord I0. The advantage of this construction lies in the fact that the adjustment made in the chin strap proper by means of the movement of the adjustable slide l2 may be effected easily, particularly when the hat is on the head of the wearer, and the chin strap is in its customary position. The elastic cord IG will tend to slide through the ring 23 with considerably more ease than it would slide through the loop in the fabric cord 1, andA furthermore the ring 23 provides an antifriction connection and thus tends toy prevent the' elastic cord from wearing at the point of contact with the fabric cord l and makes the entire unit have a neat and attractive appearance. This construction has the advantage, particularly useful in childrens wear, that the adjustment may be made after the hat has been applied to the head.

While I have illustrated and described in detail certain preferred forms of my invention, it is to be understood that changes may be made therein and the invention embodied in other structures.

I do not, therefore, desire to limit myself to the specific constructions illustrated, but intend to cover my invention broadly in whatever form its principle may be utilized.

I claim:

1. A device for retaining a hat upon the head of the wearer comprising a band having loops at each end thereof, cords inserted through the said loops, said cords having attached thereto pins which are adapted to be secured to the hat at spaced points adjacent the base of the brim thereof and to be engaged by said hat in selflocking relationship.

2. A device for retaining a hat upon the head of the wearer comprising a relatively wide band of Velastic material, elastic cords engaging each end of the said band, pins on the said cords, tail portions on said pins adapted to move away from said cords and'lock the said pins in permanent relation when they are inserted in the hat.

3. A chin strap for hats comprising a relatively wide band of elastic material, connecting means on each end thereof, pins on the said connecting means, said connecting means being of sufficiently small cross section to pass through the holes formed by inserting the said pins through the material of a hat, said pins having tail portions adapted to move away from the said cords and lock the said pins in permanent relation when they are inserted in the hat.

4. A device for retaining a hat upon the head of the wearer comprising a plurality of fabric cords, pins secured to the end of the said cords, l

loops in the said cords, said loops being engaged by anti-friction rings of smooth, rigid material, said pins being adapted to be inserted through the material of a hat at spaced points adjacent the base of the crown thereof, and a chin strap engaged by said anti-friction rings, depending therefrom.

5. A device for retaining a hat upon the `head of the wearer comprising a plurality of fabric cords having metallic stop members which engage and bind one end of the cord, and pin members o-n the other end of the cord, said cords being applied to the hat at spaced points in position adjacent the base of the crown thereof, and a chin band depending from said cords.y i

6. A vdevice for retaining a hat upon the head of the wearer as claimed in claim 5 in which the chin band is doubled upon itself to form a loop and a slide is attached to one end of the band and adjustable along the oppositelength of the band, thus providing for varying the length of the chin band.

'7. A device for retaining a hat upon the head of the wearer as claimed in claim 1 wherein the band is doubled back upon itself at one end thereof and secured to a slide fastener mounted thereon, thus providing for adjusting the lengthof 

